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By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot’s classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — An Austrian Airlines plane was badly damaged by hail when the airborne jet hit a “thunderstorm cell” Sunday, Austrian Airlines said. A storm cell is an air mass that contains up and down drafts, which can cause turbulence when a plane encounters one. The plane with 173 passengers and
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If crafting a meal outdoors is in your plans this summer, check out Lee Kalpakis’ new cookbook. She lived for just under two years in a 22-foot camper in upstate New York, refining the 75 recipes in the book, “Out There.” It offers everything from
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — There could be a combined Covid-19 and flu shot in our future, although it won’t be ready for this year’s flu season. On Monday, vaccine maker Moderna announced positive late-stage trial results for its Covid-flu combination vaccine it calls mRNA-1083. Calling the outcome of the late-stage trial “breakthrough results,”
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Wall Street ticked lower early Monday ahead of the latest Federal Reserve policy decision and a slew of new inflation data. Futures for the S&P 500 fell less than 0.1%, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 0.1% before the bell. The Fed’s latest
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels. Or at least how it seemed from the outside. “She was very present and accessible as a parent,” he says. “She
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels. Or at least how it seemed from the outside. “She was very present and accessible as a parent,” he says. “She
Continue Reading By Lauren Izso and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Three hostages rescued during a deadly Israeli military operation on the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza were held captive by a journalist, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) alleged Sunday, without providing evidence to support their claim. In a statement, the IDF claimed freed hostages Almog Meir Jan, Andrey
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The United States says it is setting up an operation in the Polish capital to help neighboring Ukraine counter Russian disinformation. Poland is a member of NATO along the military alliance’s eastern front. It has been a hub for Western weapons sent to Ukraine as it battles Russia’s full-scale
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s like Sephora or Starbucks now offered a checking account. After years of closing or mostly neglecting physical bank branches across the U.S., the nation’s largest banks are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on refurbishing old locations or building new ones, and in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Cupertino, California (CNN) — Apple just kicked off a brand new era for the company with the introduction of its first generative AI features for the iPhone. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the company unveiled the first batch of tools powered by “Apple Intelligence,” from personalized
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La terapia suele tener mala fama. En las películas antiguas, suele representarse con un paciente tumbado en un diván, hablando con un analista de rostro pétreo que toma notas y nunca habla. Los críticos a veces lo describen burlonamente como mirarse el ombligo. A los terapeutas se les llama “loqueros”,
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La decisión del presidente de Francia Emmanuel Macron de convocar elecciones anticipadas tras los grandes avances de los candidatos de extrema derecha en las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo inquietó a los mercados este lunes por la mañana. El índice CAC 40 de Francia, que representa a 40 de las mayores empresas
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says the notorious Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, fighting Sudan’s military for over a year, fired shots and looted a main hospital in the western region of Darfur, forcing its closure. The RSF, attacked the South Hospital in al-Fasher, the capital city of North
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Se prevé que los partidos de extrema derecha obtengan un número récord de escaños en el Parlamento Europeo, un resultado que, de confirmarse, supondría un duro revés para la corriente política dominante en Bruselas y añadiría incertidumbre al rumbo futuro de Europa. Después de tres días de votaciones en los
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Pop megastar Billie Eilish has revealed how she was ghosted by an old friend, and opened up about the loneliness of fame. Speaking on the BBC podcast “Miss Me?” with hosts Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver, Eilish said she experienced a “crazy ghosting” last year. The term refers to
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice says he wants to “mature and continue to grow” amid off-the-field legal issues. Earlier this offseason, Rice was involved in a six-car crash in Dallas in which two people were hospitalized with minor injuries. Rice and Southern Methodist University player Theodore Knox are now
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, RANDALL CHASE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The criminal trial of President Joe Biden’s son heads into its final stretch Monday as the defense tries to chip away at prosecutors’ case laying bare some of the darkest moments of Hunter Biden’s drug-fueled past. Hunter Biden’s
Continue ReadingMUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a van has fallen from a mountain road into a river in the Pakistan-administered disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing 16 people, mostly children. A statement released by the disaster management authority on Monday said the incident happened in the Neelam Valley. It said the dead included nine children
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Dismal results for Germany’s governing parties in the European Parliament election have dented Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s authority and could prompt even more of the infighting that just cost the government dearly. A clear win for Germany’s mainstream conservative opposition boosts its confidence as the country begins to
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